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THREE years ago Mr Tom O’Neill faced one of the most agonising moments of his life.


ping 60-year-old keen walker that they would be forced to amputate one of his legs.


they told me. It just didn’t sink in.” said Tom, now 63.


“I could not accept what


to come nearly two years after that crippling blow.. For Tom lost his other leg — a victim of-hardening of the arteries, the condition


But there was more pain


group from Glitheroe and District Scout and Guide Canoe Club who success­ fully completed tasks to land their British Canoe Unjon Inland Waterways Proficiency Test certifi­ cates. First they went through exercises re la tin g to


YOUNG canoeists glide into formation on Primrose Lodge, Clitheroe. They were part of a


featured were free gliding across the river and break­ ing in and out of the cur­ rents.


tion of union regional coach/organiser Mr Chris Appleton,' of Southport, the group moved to the faster flows of the River Ribble. Among the disciplines


rescue and capsizing techniques on still water. Then, under the direc­


youngsters will be to tackle the a s s is ta n t instructors’ course. Dun­ can Eglin (19), and Andrew Carpenter (18) have already qualified and did a lot to help their friends through'the tests.


The next step for the


are: Jane Bentley (16), Jac­ kie Brown (16), both Ven­ tures; Christine Brown (14), Wendy Wilson (16), Michael Bentley (15), all Loyola; Andrew Car­ penter, Steven Johnson (13), Mark Mashiter (15), 1st Pendle; Simon Kay (16), Chipping; Trevor Wil­ son (19), Ventures.


Pictured (from the left)


their certificates were Sally Kay (13), of Chipping Guides, and Simon Hem- mingway (15), 1st Pendle.


Two others who gained Work starts on Whalley’s


the foundations this week and Fr Thomas Murray, of the English Martyrs Church, said that the school, a prefabricated building, should be ready, next Easter. The schooj will be


WORK has started on the new two-classroom RC primary school in Whalley. Builders began digging


mainly, but no't only, for Roman Catholic children and will cater for four to 11-year-olds. It will be a fee-paying independent school. Finance for the ini­ tial project has been pro­ vided by parents, mainly


new school • from fund-raising events over the past few years,


dren will be provided at the village youth club inside the hall, which forms part of Whalley Abbey.- The paved area next to the presbytery and the hall will serve as a playground. ’


School meals for the chil­


no RC primary school in Whalley and many Roman Catholic children attend the CE school in the vil­ lage. The nearest RC primary school is at Langho.


At the moment there is


man of the old-established Preston: grocery company of E. H. Booth, which will build the store, said this week that he hoped to reach the New Year target, provided all last minute details with the Ribble Valley Council and British Rail could be ironed out. He added that he was


WORK to prepare'the rail­ way sidings in Station Road, Clitheroe, for a £500,000 supermarket should start next spring. Mr John Booth, chair­


Clinic on the rural mums


A NEW-STYLE baby clinic for rural mums and their pre­ school children takes to the road next week — literally.


‘District is launching its new mobile clinic on wheels, with a Ribble Val­ ley run which will bring a doorstep clinic to some local mothers for the first time. Chatburn, Downham


For Blackburn Health


and Waddington mothers have never had the benefit of a mobile service before. Other Ribble Valley vil­


•poor. . ■To remedy this; the ser­


lages have been served by a mobile clinic from the former West- Riding for. many years, but response from mothers have been,


vice has been improved!- Blackburn District has bought a new £9,000 van and altered the timetable to fit in better with the' needs of mothers and their- children.


confident his company’s supermarket in. Clitheroe would stem the flow of people leaving the town to shop for' food. • “1 think the store will be


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successful for us and for Clitheroe,’’ he said. • Meanwhile, Mr Jim


Smith, of Smith’s Trans­ port, who has leased part of the site for the past eight years, still declined to comment about the proposals. But another of the ten­


partner in Shepherd Bros, the largest ;coal company on the site, said he was currently involved in dis­ cussions with the council over finding a. suitable alternative base.


Mr George Shepherd, a Hospital


WORK is currently being undertaken at Clitheroe Hospital to provide an incinerator and oil storage buildings at a cost of just over £20,000.


Isolated


previously had no baby clinic facilities at all; in Chatburn, the library serves as a makeshift clinic, and in Waddington, mothers use the Sunday School. In future the mobile van, , staffed by a doctor


Downham mothers have


and a nurse, who is also a health visitor, will visit the villages every fortnight. Mothers can go along


ants on the sidings has received notice from Brit­ ish Rail, to quit by July 1st.


with their children for the necessary examinations and vaccinations which are vital in the pre-school years, or just for general help and advice with any problem concerning their child.


the month it will visit Chatburn, Grindleton, • West Bradford, Wadding­


ley route caters for more than 100 mothers and takes in Sawley, Bolton- by-Bowland, Gisburn, Rimington, Downham, Chatburn, Grindleton, West Bradford .and Wad­ dington on the second Tuesday of each month. On the fourth Friday of


The clinic’s Ribble Val­ ‘


Avenue ‘navvies’ do it themselves


been busy with spades and picks carrying out a resur­ facing job on Pendle Avenue. The army of “navvies” ‘


RESIDENTS of a Chat­ burn street were so fed up with the state of the road outside their houses that they decided to do some­ thing about it themselves. A team of 10 men have


Eot-holes have grown; so. y‘A few of us held a


ig that they were damag­ ing cars,” he said.


meeting and decided to set about improving-condi­ tions.”


Jackson, who uses them in his work as a haulage con­ tractor. Most of the work has been done during the evenings and at weekends. , Mr Jackson moved to ‘ Pendle Avenue more than three years ago and says' the road/.surface has - always been bad. - : ' A “Recently some of the


also had a mechanical dig- ger and roller. These were supplied by, Mr Edwin


.levelled. Collections have' been taken from residents ; to pay for the work and most neighbours have chipped in.


to work, out the cost of tarmacing.the road to see if residents will, back. the', idea.' :'v; •


The men are now trying '-'A f Picture? It’s brew time '•


; served by the ladies of the ' avenue.- Back (from the :: left) are: Mrs Mary Jack- son, Mrs Edith Frankland, U


residents preparing, the road “down tools” to enjoy ' a./well earned cuppa, '-


or the workers. A party of


; Jackson, Mr Roger Ham-f; ,-son. Front: Mr - Edwin 2 ■Jackson,. Mr Malcolm - / -,. ‘ Frankland, -Mr Rodney i;


' Mrs Barbara Harrison, Mr J Alan W e s tb u ry ; MrJ Edward ’ Jackson, Mr Ian f.


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Base material has been-, laid and the whole road ;•


-Team!s- Strategic -Flan, - which says more attention' should be paid to isolated rural areas. The man behind the


mobile clinic service is part of the District. Management


stays in the larger villages and short roadside halts in the smaller communities, depending on how many children need to be seen. The shake-up in the


scheme is Blackburn Dis­ trict Community Physician "Dr Peter Grime, who wants mothers to take full advantage of the service. “In the past there has


been a disappointing number of mothers using the clinic, but we hope this will change with the better facilities and new timet­ able,” he said., “Village halls are not


the clinic will visit Hurst Green on the second Fri­ day of the month in .the mornings, and Ribchester in the afternoon. ' The van will have long


ton, Browsholme Hall, Dunsop Bridge, Newton and Slaidburn. On its Longridge route


PUSHING


THE BOAT OUT FOR NEEDY


TO stress the plight of the Vietnamese boat people, a canoe will be pushed through the town during a street I col l ec t i on o n Saturday.


shoppers will be gener­ ous and throw in their spare change.


I t is hoped th a t ,


boxes will also be active during the day.


C o lle c to rs w i th


jointly organised by Oxfam and Christian Aid in answer to a national emergency disaster appeal for those in Cambodia and the “boat people.”


The collection is


help with the collec­ tion can contact the Rector of St James’s Church, the Rev. Ken­ neth Broadhurst (Tel. 23608), or Mr Malcolm Blackburn, 31 Buc- cleuch Avenue (Tel. 24387)."


Anyone wishing to


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.cards can now pick up the album to paste them in. It is available from the Advertiser and Times’ ’ King Street office for £1.60.


READERS who have been busily collecting our colourful football


suitable for. examining babies because they were not built for that purpose. “These clinics are pro­


vided by the NHS to sup­ plement general medical' services provided by GPs and hospitals. “They provide additional


services by screening babies and pre-school chil­ dren, so that any problems c’an be d e te c ted and treated in these brief but vital years.”


THE. annual opportunity for people in the Ribble


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able to put their questions to the District Auditor. The council’s books will be open to public inspection during the previous week.


Valley -to ask questions about the Borough Coun­ cil’s finances will be on November 5th. On that day they will be


Doctors told the strap­


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through which he lost his first.


Union Street, Low Moor, has bravely battled to overcome the devastating effects of “shrinking” from a towering six-footer to a handicapped man, measur­ ing only four feet seven inches.


Since then, Tom, of


ment has come, from his wife Marina (44). After


But plenty of encourage­


being an invalid for the past 16 years, she knows only too well how difficult disablement can be. A semi-invalid for most


VILLAGERS URGED


TO RALLY ROUND


THE possibility of a com­ munity centre for Langho and Billington now hangs in the balance.


sent out by Billington Sports and Social Commit­ tee to test residents’ views has been slightly below average.


Feedback from leaflets


- Ribble Valley councillor and committee chairman Mrs Olga Leach said approaches would be made to the parish council at its next session to hold a pub­ lic meeting on the subject.


naires sent out in the two v i l la g e s , 519 w e re returned, which is an over­ all average of 37‘A per­ cent," said Coun. Leach.


thing was that we had 195 definite offers of help towards fund rising,” she added.


"The really encouraging


villages was about the same and. the most popular


The response from both


projected schemes seemed to be social evenings, a bowling green and all kinds of dancing, from disco to ballroom.


people all the time, but I am an optimist and I believe we can attract them to this idea,” said Coun. Leach.


“You can’t please all the


residents to rally round when a public meeting is called — then things will be looking good,” she said.


“What we need is for the


TOM and Ma r i n a (right) prepare to set off on a rare trip out of Loiv Moor with Nellie and Douglas Kay, of W h ip p A v e n ue , Clitheroe, whom they met at the Red Cross club.


FIRST DISC FOR JAZZMAN STAN


ACE Clitheroe jazz pianist Stan Barker had his first LP record released last week. There has been some


delay in making the disc available, but Stan, of Inglemead, Waddington Road, is pleased that it is finally in the shops.


Trio, Volume One” the album is made up of mate­ rial written by Stan and standard jazz numbers arranged by the band.


Entitled “Stan Barker


■ ness friends. -A second album is already' in the pipeline.


Library, the LP is on the Nelson' record label formed by Mountglen, the company set up by Stan and some Yorkshire busi-


Recorded in Burnley


The material has been recorded in a Florida studio and is now being edited.


been “on the road” in recent months giving con­ certs all over England. Plans are now being made to see if the trio can per­ form in the Ribble Valley in the near future.


Stan and the group have


at Ribblesdale School m a joint concert with the Lan­ cashire County Big Band. He thoroughly enjoyed the gig and is keen to return to nis home town if a similar event can be set up.


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of her teens, Marina’s con­ dition deteriorated after she gave birth to their only daughter Linda (13). But you’d be in for a


surprise if you called on the O’Neills expecting to find their home filled with gloom and despondency. Instead, you’re more


echoed by another neigh­ bour, Mrs Winifred Malec, who has known Tom most of her life. “Tom and Marina suffer


likely to be greeted with a burst of laughter and a


quick chorus of “Rock me in the cradle of the deep” from Tom. • “We can’t let our prob­ lems get us down,” he said. “There’s not much point in being miserable. We’ve got to keep cheerful, if only for Linda’s sake.’’ Despite their handicaps,


Tom and Marina are a light-hearted source of inspiration to the whole Low Moor community. Indeed, th e i r jovial attitude to ' life recently prompted neighbour Mrs Kathleen NayTor to write to a national newspaper, praising them. “They’re a wonderful


a lot, but you never hear a moan. They’re always cheerful and more often than not Tom’s singing away at the top of his voice,” she said. The O’Neills have spent


now I’ve just to accept that I can’t do those things.”


to ensure that neither of them becomes a burden on their daughter, a pupil at Ribblesdale School, who is given every chance to go out and mix with her schoolfriends.


Typically, the couple try


most of their lives in Clitheroe. Marina was brought up in Bawdlands and Tom used to live in North Street. Later this month, they


reach what, for. them, is a poignant occasion, when they celebrate 17 years of marriage. “I don’t think we can get


any closer,” said Marina, who used to work at the old Barrow Print Works. Tom served in the army


years and every evening when I get home they always have a. cup of tea waiting for me.” Those sentiments were


couple who never grum­ ble, she said. “I’ve worked at Calder- stones for the past 10


• He stopped working 10 years ago to look after


as an infantryman for 13 years after the second world war. He left to take a job in the building indus­ try, then spent six memor­ able years doing heavy duties at Clitheroe Hos­ pital.


Marina at home. “Those jobs kept me as


fit as a fiddle,” he recalled. “I loved walking and liked the occasional swim, but


ing the other night, when Arthur was pushing me to Low Moor Club. He looked back at Marina and said we looked more like a wagon train,” joked Tom. It’s having such a sense


like to miss is the fort­ nightly meeting of a dis­ abled club in St Paul’s Church Hall, organised by the Red Cross. “We couldn’t help laugh­


ular faces at Low .Moor Club’s Saturday evening bingo sessions, after being pushed across the village in wheelchairs by friends Arthur and Kathleen Neal, who also live in Union Street. Another date they never


Tom and Marina are reg­


of humour that has helped Tom and Marina, kept company by Kim the dog and Cuthbert the tortoise, to triumph over bitter dis­ appointments that would surely have beaten many people.


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